> In the interest of philosophical discussion... why is maximizing profit using knowledge of consumer behavior "evil" so to speak?
Because people can be deceived. Math is hard. If I were to belive Coding Horror, even Paul Erdos didn't understand the Monty Hall problem.
If you take profit on people's naivety, you're evil. Because every human being is ignorant about something. We're not perfect. We're not always right.
BTW, I'm in favour of gambling, when it's clearly marked as such. You don't get better at Swoopo by playing Swoopo, you only win by not playing it all. To say Swoopo labels itself as a system where luck does not play the main role is deceiveing.
Because people can be deceived. Math is hard. If I were to belive Coding Horror, even Paul Erdos didn't understand the Monty Hall problem.
If you take profit on people's naivety, you're evil. Because every human being is ignorant about something. We're not perfect. We're not always right.
BTW, I'm in favour of gambling, when it's clearly marked as such. You don't get better at Swoopo by playing Swoopo, you only win by not playing it all. To say Swoopo labels itself as a system where luck does not play the main role is deceiveing.